Feedback loops involving Spo0A and AbrB in in vitro transcription of the genes involved in the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-104

  Fujita, Masaya ^a   Sadaie, Yoshito ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; RNA polymerase; Sporulation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031821820     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022103     Document Type: Article

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